Matthew 26:9

Catholic Public Domain Version

For this could have been sold for a great deal, so as to be given to the poor."

Cross References

2 Kings 5:20

And Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, said: "My lord has spared Naaman, this Syrian, by not receiving from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him, and take something from him."

Matthew 26:10

But Jesus, knowing this, said to them: "Why are you bothering this woman? For she has done a good deed to me.

Matthew 26:8

But the disciples, seeing this, were indignant, saying: "What is the purpose of this waste?

Mark 14:5

For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and been given to the poor." And they murmured against her.

2 Peter 2:15

Abandoning the straight path, they wandered astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of iniquity.

1 Samuel 15:21

But the people took some of the spoils, sheep and oxen, as the first-fruits of those things that were slain, to immolate to the Lord their God at Gilgal."

1 Samuel 15:9

And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the flocks of sheep, and of the herds, and the garments, and the rams, and all that was beautiful, and they were not willing to destroy them. Yet truly, whatever was vile or worthless, these they demolished.